Gearing.



No. 742.382. v PATENTED OCT. 27, 1908.

v P. lB. T. B'ERNBR.

GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

ATTORNEY` UNiTED STATES Patented October 27', 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEARING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,382, dated October 27, 1903. Application filed July 12. 1902. Serial No. 115,347. (No model.

Fig. 2 is a view like Fig. l, the carrier being removed o r sectioned off to uncover certain parts. Fig. 3 is a section along the various axles. Fig. 4 is a section at right angles to Fig. 3.

An axle or stud a is fixed to the fishing-pole b by the base or concave piece h. The tube or hub portion of the spool is shown at c, and the flanges of the spool at c. This spool or bobbin rotates freely about stem a. A carrier d can rotate about stem a independently of spool c. This carrier d can be in form of a disk, or a mere bar or arm rotating about stem a will answer. Fixed to the bobbin and rotating therewithis a gear @,which for convenient description can be called a center or reel gear. .The gear f can be called a planet-gear and has a double rotation, since it rotates in carrier d, and when carrier d rotates this planet-gear f further moves about the central gear c. In other words, this planetgear rotates about its own axisand also about the center body e. This planet-gearfhas iixed to or cast with it its axle f', to which is securedv handle f, which can be conveniently made in the form of a flat disk. By firmly grasping the handle f and thereby rotating the carrier d, the gear f travels about center gear e, and as these gears mesh or are in engagement the center gear e, with bobbin c, is rotated at varying speeds, according to the-relative sizes or diameters of gears e and f. If, for example, the two gears are of equal size, then as the planet-gear swings about the center gear the latter is rotated in the ratio of two to one-that is, for one complete revolution of carrier CZ the bobbin c makes two complete revolutions.

Of course the proportions can be varied. In fact a different-size planet-gear is shown at g also mounted on carrier d. The handle g" of this planet-gear gis not shown flat, but circular in cross-section, and if this handle is grasped, so as to secure a certain friction, and carrier d thereby held stationary, it will produce a brake action or check the rotation of bobbin c and retard the running out of a line taken hold of by a fighting fish.

The bobbin c and gear e, secured to one another, rotate together, but are free to rotate independently of rotary carrier d. The planetgear f (or g) can rotate independently of carrier d, but meshes into the center or bobbin gear e. Rotating the carrier d by gear-handle f (or 9") causes rotation of the spool c, as described. The parts on stem a can be there held by suitable nuts or means such as used for keeping a cart-wheel on its axle.

Away of brakingwithout having the hand or fingers chafed or exposed to friction is to provide a planet-gear stem-say g'-with conical parts and a rotary sleeve g on the stem having its bore tapered to it the cones on the stem. One of the cones being slidable or adjustable by the screw-nut, it can be set toward the other cone until the sleeve g" is clamped to insure a required degree of friction. The sleeve g being then held non-rotatively in the handle, the rotation of the stem g will be resisted to insure the required brake effect.

In case considerable lever or gear power is required for winding in a powerful ghting iish one of the planet-gears can be made sufficiently small or combined with an intermediate gear or gears to give the required power transmission.

YVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A shaft provided with a driven gear combined with a planetary driving-gear having an axle, a brake portion on the axle and a rotary handle-sleeve on the axle and engaged by the brake portion.

2. A rotary shaft, a gear fixed thereto and rotatable therewith, a carrier mounted on the shaft and rotating independently thereof, driving-gears journaled in the carrier and meshing with the shaft-gear, and a handle connected with each of the driving-gears.

3. In combination, a rotary shaft, a gear mounted thereon and rotating therewith, a carrier loosely mounted upon said shaft, driving-gears for the sh aft-gear, said drivin g-gears rotatably journaled in the carrier, handles for 5 said driving-gears, one of said handles formshaft-gear, said driving-gears rotatably journaled n said carrier, and a handle for each of said gears.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 my hand in the presence of two subscribingF 4. A rotary shaft, a concentric gear mounted thereon and rotating,r therewith, a carrier mounted upon the said shaft and rotating in- 1o dependently thereof, driving-gears of dierent diameters adapted to mesh with the said PAUL B/T. BERNER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. PoENsGEN, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

